Meals For Busy Healthy Kids

Here’s one of the things I dread the most: My kids (aged 9 – 15) come home from school wailing, “I’m starving!!”

Usually, they only have 15-30 minutes before they have to rush off to a sports event. Sometimes, we have to bring them food in the car, because they have to eat on the way from school to the gym.

My daughter trains gymnastics for 3 hours, my sons play basketball or soccer for 2 hours – we’re not just talking about a snack, they need a serious meal to fill up their energy tank before they go burn it all off!

So, after much frustration and trial and error (that I will spare you) I’m just going to share my SOLUTIONS. This is how I’ve learned to run my kitchen/freezer so that we can provide quick, yet nutritious meals for 3 kids who love delicious food.

First, here’s what I keep my freezer stocked with. You can either do this yourself, or hire someone to come in and cook for 2 days/month to prepare and freeze all this stuff for you:

This is the stuff I buy from my local organic grocery store (no preservatives, organic ingredients) and throw in my freezer:

Frozen perogies

Ravioli stuffed with Goat Cheese

Tortellini stuffed with Organic Chicken

For my tomato sauce, here’s my cheat: Use 1 bottle of store-bought organic Marinara Sauce (my kids like Muir Glen or Simply Organics brand), mixed together with 1 can of tomato paste, garlic powder, salt, and about 1/2 cup water. This doubles the sauce, so I use half and pour the other half back in the bottle to refrigerate for next time. The kids love it.

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